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Not surprised at all that things are looking up for President Obama - given the machinations of the Republican candidates during the last two or three weeks. One of the elements polls don't necessarily consider is "I'm going to wait and see who the Republican candidate is". And it's still nine months before election day. What will the unemployment numbers be? How much per gallon will gasoline be? What is Israel going to do vis a vis Iran's nukes? How many more cruel murders of American service men by Afghan and Iraqi ingrates will there be? What unknown-unknown (to quote Rumsfeld) will there be? "It ain't over until it's over." (to quote Yogi).

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